Garment-hanger.



No. 822,981. PATENTED JUNE 12, 1906.

- G. L. PATTERSON. GARMENT HANGER.

APPLIOAIION FILED JAN 25 1904 avwawfoz V 61cm I Wuhan Zr/"(WM UnrrnnSTATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES LEWIS PATTERSON, OF DETROIT, MICHIGAN, ASSIGNOR TO JOHN B.TIMBERLAKE, OF JACKSON, MICHIGAN.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 12, 1906.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES LEWIS PAT- TERSON, a citizen of the Dominionof Canada, and a subject of the King of Great Britain, residing atDetroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have inventedcertain new and useful Improvements in Garment-Hangers, of which thefollowing is a specification, reference being had therein to theaccompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in garment-hangers of the type inwhich the entire suitcoat, vest, and pantsare supported from a singledevice.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a garmentsupporting device embodying myimprovements. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the same. Fig. 3 is a viewshowing one end of the hanger in enlarged detail.

1 indicates as an entirety the upper part of the hanger, 2 the lowerpart thereof, and 3 3 connecting-links between the said parts. The frame2 of the upper part is preferably formed of a single piece of wirehaving the forward strand 3 bent downwardly on either side of the centerof the strand, as indicated at 5 5. The wire is looped at 6 6, and therear strands 7 7 are carried upwardly for some distance in planesparallel to the planes of the front strand 3.

The wires of the strands 7 are then bent inwardly, as at 8 S, formingthe offset 9, and are then carried to a point somewhat beyond the frontof the strand 8, the said strand being supported upon this ofiset. Theends of the wire are then bent upwardly, twisted together, and one ofthem bent to form the hook or supporting device 10. By offsetting thehook or supporting device with reference to that part of the hanger uponwhich the coat rests I provide for hanging the coat without wrinkling orstraining the collar thereof.

In order to provide for the filling out of the shoulders of the coat andfor supporting the same upon relatively large surfaces, I form theshoulder-supports 11 11 at both ends of the hanger. Preferably thesesupplemental shoulder-supports consist of a strand of wire helicallycoiled about the looped portion of the upper part of the hanger. Theends of the wire which form the supplemental supports 11 are preferablyrigidly secured to the front Strand at 12 12 and are then wound in ahelix of gradually-increasing diameter of coil until the center portionof the loop 6 of the supporting-framework is reached, when the coils ofthe helix begin to decrease gradually proportionately as they increasedon the other side of the loop, until finally the ends of the wires ofthe supplemental shouldersupport are secured at 13 13 to the rearstrands 7 7.

The lower part 2 of the garment-hanger, which constitutes the holder ofthe trousers, comprises a loop of sheet metal 14, which is pivotallysecured near its ends to the inner ends of the links 3. One strand ofthe loop 14 is somewhat shorter than the other in order to provide forthe use of a looped clamping device 15 for clamping the two strandstogether in order to hold a pair of trousers between them. The flexiblemanner in which the lower part of the hanger is connected to the upperpart permits it to be folded relatively to the latter, as indicated indotted lines of Fig. 1. This is a desirable feature, as it permits thehanger to be folded for'the purpose of packing.

I am aware of the fact that it has been proposed to construct agarment-hanger with a wire framework and a gradually-expandinghelically-coiled supplemental wire incasing all portions of the hangerwhich come in contact with the garment; but the difficulty incident tothat style of construction is that the pressure of the garment is suchas to force the expanded coil out of the desired position relative tothe main wire. In the construction shown in the drawings thesupplemental shoulder-supports are secured to the framework in such amanner as to insure that they will at all times provide a satisfactorybearing or supporting surface for the garment, for it will be observedthe said supports are so shaped and attached that the shoulderloops ofthe hanger where they enter the armholes of the garment are enlarged inboth horizontal and vertical directions and have relatively broad curvedbearing-surfaces.

While I have above stated that the shoulder-supports 11 are rigidlysecured at 12 13 to the front and rear strands of the wire 1, myinvention is not limited to this construction, as either one or both ofthe reduced ends of this support may be loose on its supportingstrandand free to move longitudinally thereon. When one or both of thesereduced ends of the shoulder-support is loose on its supporting-strand,the shoulder-support may be adjusted to accommodate narrower or -widergarments, as desired.

What I claim is 1. A garment-hanger comprising a Wire frame formed Withoutwardly-disposed shoulder-loops extending in opposite directions froma central support of the hanger, each shoulder-loop carrying asupplemental bearing or supporting surface for the garment that isenlarged in both horizontal and vertical directions and is'formed withrelatively broad curved garment-engaging surfaces, substantially as setforth.

2. A garment-hanger comprising a Wire frame formed withOUt'WZH'dlY-dlsl)OSGCl'ShOHlder-loops that extend in opposite directionsfrom the central support of the hanger, each shoulder-loop carrying asupplemental bearing or support for the, garment, formed of coiled wiresurrounding the strand of Wire that forms the shoulder-loop wherebythere is formed for the shoulder portion of each sleeve of the garment arelatively broad curved supporting-surface, extending outward beyond,and both above and below, the strand of the Wire that forms theshoulderloop of the frame, substantially as set forth.

3. A garment-hanger comprising a Wire frame formed withoutwardly-disposed shoulder-loops each formed of'acont'inuousstrand ofWire bent into loop shape, each leg of the loop being surrounded by aWire coil,"andthe outer end, or looped, portion of the strand of Wirebeing surrounded by a-Wire coil the diameter of which is greater thanthat of the Wire coils surrounding the leg portions of the strands ofWire, substantially as and for the 40 purposes set forth.

4. A garment-hanger having a main frame formed of Wire'and supplementalshoulder portions formed of helically-tWisted Wire mounted on the mainframe near the oppo- 5 SltQ'lOOPSd ends and adapted to be adjustedlongitudinally relative to the said frame, substantially as set forth.

5. A garment-hanger comprising the frame having the loops 6 6, thehelically-Wouhd 5o shoulder-supports formed of Wire and havingoppositely-tapering sections inclosing the said loops, each ofsaids'upports having one of its ends secured to said frame and the otherof its ends mounted'loosely thereon whereby 5 5 the said supports maybeadjusted to increase or decrease the Width-of the garment-hangeras-desire'd, substantially as set forth.

6. A garment-hanger comprising a frame and supplementalshoulder-supports of coiled 60 wire carried by said frame'at either endtherecircumferential portionof theconvolutions of said springs out ofcontactwith' the looped 7o 1 portionof-saidmembers, substantiallyas de"scribed. I

In testimony whereof I affix 'mysignature presenceof two Witnesses.

'- -CHAREES LEWIS PATTERSON g Witnesses 4 GI-IARLEs Ff BURTON, WILLIAMM; SWAN.

